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Paper 2 Listening (12-14)
This section contains listening comprehension tasks based on one video about different types of regret and one audio text about teenage shoplifting. Make connections with the themes in Born a Crime, while...
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Social organisation unit: access to education
This is one of a series of pages designed to illustrate how to go about developing unit plans for teaching the Themes. These should not be seen as complete downloadable packages, but rather as drafts...
Literature
Twelve Angry Men
The play Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose (1955) shows us the discussions between a jury of twelve men who have to decide whether a young man is guilty or innocent of murder. Originally written as a...
Building a programme
Conceptual understandings Free
The conceptual understandings specified by the Subject Guide are easy enough to understand in general terms - but what do they mean in practical teaching terms? What do we actually focus on in order to...
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Visible Thinking Routines for Social Skills
Visible Thinking Routines from Project Zero are great for activating critical thinking, but they are also great for developing social skills. Below are a few excellent ones to use in the Language B classroom...
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Individual Oral (12-14)
Chapters 12-14 explore Trevor's adolescence. The selected HL extract focuses on Trevor's crush and missed opportunity from chapter 12. The SL visual stimulus focuses on an image of the "Matric" celebratory...
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Socratic Seminars Free
Have you always wanted to host a Socratic Seminar, but weren't sure how? Or have you been hosting them for awhile and just looking for some fresh ideas? This page explores step-by-step how to host an...
Activities
AWL Sublist 6
This page focuses on words from the Academic Wordlist sublist 6. There are Quizlet flashcards, a gap fill exercise to learn these words, and a writing prompt and speaking task to practise using them....
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South Africa’s extravagant matric balls
Chapter 14 of Born a Crime, provides a window into the extravagant high school dances, or 'matric balls', that are a major rite of passage for young South Africans. The article on this page is adapted...
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Paper 1 Writing (15-18)
Below you will find a writing task for each of Chapters (15-18). There is a chance to practise every text type on the Paper 1 exam throughout the study of the novel. Each time you write one, save a copy...